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astraxan
2 months ago
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You are describing the solar nebula theory to a friend. You point out that it provides an explanation for the regular motion in

our solar system, the division of the planets into terrestrial and Jovian types, and an explanation for the origin and nature of comets and asteroids. Your friend agrees that this is all very nice, but that it seems that the solar nebula theory fails the basic criteria for a scientific theory, to make predictions about the natural world that can be observationally tested. In her opinion, all the solar nebula theory does is explain known facts, albeit in a compelling and economical way. How would you answer your friend and make the case that the solar nebula theory is indeed a scientific theory that has passed many observational tests? What are some predictions that the solar nebula theory has made that were confirmed only within the last decade or so?
Biology
1 answer:
s2008m [2.3K]2 months ago
7 0

Explanation:

The commonly accepted hypothesis explaining how the solar system was formed is called the Nebular theory.

This theory suggests that the solar system emerged from an explosion of large gaseous clouds at the center due to several phenomena that occurred around 457 million years ago.

This explosion created dust particles that amassed centrally, while surrounding particles orbited and formed the planets, with the Sun at the core.

The validity of the theory can be evidenced by:

1. The rotation of planetary entities is consistently in the same direction.

2. The surrounding particles formed a disk around the planets.

3. Inner planets near the Sun are smaller with less metal and silicate, whereas the outer planets like Jupiter are larger due to these metals and silicates drawing in hydrogen and helium.

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